A questionnaire/interview was used as a follow-up study of forty-five
change agents who were originally studied five years earlier. The results
show that change agents, who make a living helping others deal with
change, are having to cope with major shifts and changes in their own
profession. Various changes in their methods are described, along with
their own appraisals of the results of these changes.
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